Slipknot (MFKR) · Slipknot

224 bars of 4/4 at 136 BPM, about 6:34 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

MetalAlternative / Indie120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
136 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
224
LENGTH
6:34
DIFFICULTY
72/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 8% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 152-154, 156-158 and 176, and 8 more places -- 7.5% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 136 BPM
SLIPKNOT (MFKR) · BAR 176
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

29 fills to learn, played 54 times: bars 47, 48, 56, 64, 65, 66 and 48 more.

LOOP · 136 BPM
BARS 47-48 · LANDS ON BAR 49 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 136 BPM
BAR 56 · LANDS ON BAR 57
LOOP · 136 BPM
BARS 64-72 · LANDS ON BAR 73 · PLAYED 9 TIMES
LOOP · 136 BPM
BAR 76 · LANDS ON BAR 77

25 more fills are written out on the fills page.

THE SHAPE

How the song is built

224 bars across 22 sections: 109 keep time, 55 are fills, 15 are stops and 23 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 3-10.

BREAK 3
PART O
PART Y
CHORUS
CHORUS 2
PART AI
PART BR
OUTRO 2
17 groovesAPBRAIYCX+12Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Slipknot (MFKR)?

136 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in thirty-second notes. The room plays it at any tempo from a quarter of that up to the written one, against the record where the record can follow.

Is Slipknot (MFKR) hard to play on drums?

72 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 48 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

224 bars, about 6:34 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 88 exercises over 31 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot. That is most of a full kit; the part moves around it rather than sitting in one place.

How many fills are in Slipknot (MFKR)?

29 fills to learn, played 54 times: bars 47, 48, 56, 64, 65, 66 and 48 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 224 BARS ANALYSED
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